Karl Georg Neumann

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Karl Georg Neumann (born March 13, 1774 in Gera ; †  November 17, 1850 in Trier ) was a German psychiatrist and from 1818 to 1828 head of the psychiatric department at the Charité in Berlin .

Act

In Berlin, Neumann succeeded Ernst Horn (1774–1848). He had rejected the traditional drugs. Neumann also devoted himself to the question of drug treatment in psychiatry . His following statement about drugs in psychiatry is often quoted :

“It is time to stop looking for the herb or the salt or the metal that, in homeopathic or allopathic doses, cures mania, nonsense, madness, anger or passion. It will not be found any sooner than inventing pills that will turn a naughty child into a well-bred one, an ignorant person into a skilled artist, and a rough fellow into a fine gentleman. Habituation, practice, and exertion change man's activity, not medicine. "(1834)

In addition to his medical-psychiatric field, Neumann also dealt with general anthropology ( Von der Natur des Menschen , 1815/1818) and published his own poems as well as adaptations of classical poetry ( Quintus Horatius Flaccus all poems , 1845).

Karl Georg Neumann died on November 17, 1850 in Trier.

Works (selection)

  • The diseases of the imagination, systematically processed ...
  • Comments on the most common medicines .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Dörner : Citizens and Irre . On the social history and sociology of science in psychiatry. (1969) Fischer Taschenbuch, Bücher des Wissens, Frankfurt / M 1975, ISBN 3-436-02101-6 ; P. 268 to Stw. "Criticism of the traditional medication prescription".
  2. ↑ digitized version
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personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Karl Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1850
Place of death trier